A bit obvious perhaps, but I like the NHS 60th anniversary poem:
These Are The Hands by Michael Rosen
These are the hands
That touch us first
Feel your head
Find the pulse
And make your bed.
These are the hands
That tap your back
Test the skin
Hold your arm
Wheel the bin
Change the bulb
Fix the drip
Pour the jug
Replace your hip
These are the hands
That fill the bath
Mop the floor
Flick the switch
Soothe the sore
Burn the swabs
Give us a jab
Throw out sharps
Design the lab.
And these are the hands
That stop the leaks
Empty the pan
Wipe the pipes
Carry the can
Clamp the veins
Make the cast
Log the dose
And touch us last.
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Today's Guardian has a piece on this collection of 4 poems about care
homes & hospices: newly commissioned & free to download from
http://www.ecclesiastical.com/aboutus/whatwedo/peoplewhocare/.
(But my top pick for health-related poetry would be UA Fanthorpe's first
book Side Effects: example here
http://www.peterloopoets.com/html/collected_poems.html )
Hannah
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Well, since Don Paterson (or 'The Don' as we like to call him in poetry
circles) won the Forward prize for his new collection 'Rain' last night,
here's one from that book:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=237466
Not particularly cheery!
Andrew Jackson
Senior Information Manager
Knowledge Services Group
NHS Education for Scotland
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>>> "Bishop, Tom" <[log in to unmask]> 08/10/2009 14:34 >>>
Bits of Me by Roger McGough (hopefully the formatting will survive the
transition to mail servers!)
When people ask: 'How are you?'
I say, 'Bits of me are fine.'
And they are. Lots of me I'd take
anywhere. Be proud to show off.
But it's the bits that can't be seen
that worry. The boys in the backroom
who never get introduced.
The ones with the Latin names
who grumble about the hours I keep
and bang on the ceiling
when I'm enjoying myself. The overseers.
The smug biders of time.
Over the years our lifestyles
have become incompatible.
We were never really suited
and now I think they want out.
One day, on cue, they'll down tools.
Then it's curtains for me. (Washable
plastic on three sides.) Post-op.
Pre-med. The bed nearest the door.
Enter cheerful staff nurse (Irish
preferably). 'And how are you today?'
(I see red.) Famous last words:
'Bits of me are fine.' On cue, dead.
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